Baby echidnas are called puggles. They start life when the mother lays an egg about 22 days after mating. According to abc science online getting an echidna egg from the cloaca to the pouch, is not an easy feat and no-one's actually seen it … [Read more...] about Not Three Puggles
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The Weather Makers
What is it about 'global warming' that brings out the worst in people like Tim Flannery? Prof Flannery was on ABC Television's The 7.30 Report last night promoting his new book. I have not read The Weather Makers but I understand from the interview … [Read more...] about The Weather Makers
Bob Hawke On Uranium
Once upon a time I often repeated the slogan 'think globally, act locally'. It is perhaps this concept that Bob Hawke was promoting when he suggested last night that Australia become a dumping ground for the world's nuclear waste. According to ABC … [Read more...] about Bob Hawke On Uranium
An IPCC Cornerstone, 20 Years Old
I received the following note from Warwick Hughes: The 20th anniversary of Jones et al 1986 seems a good time to assemble all available reviews of these IPCC cornerstones that slipped under the radar of science. I have just … [Read more...] about An IPCC Cornerstone, 20 Years Old
Penguins and Sex
Stephen Jay Gould in his book 'Rocks of Ages: Science and Religon in the Fullness of Life' (Random House 2001)concludes that science defines the natural world and religon our moral world. In an insightful piece published last week in the Sunday … [Read more...] about Penguins and Sex
National Parks to be Baited with 1080
I was recently faxed through a summary of research findings on the impact of aerial baiting on spotted quoll populations. The report is now available at the NSW National Parks website here. There seems to have been a collective sigh of relief that … [Read more...] about National Parks to be Baited with 1080
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
